Waistband-adjuster for garments.



E. HOLDGATE.

WAISTBAND ADJUSTER FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI: s, 190s.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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EDWARD I'IOLDGATE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

WAISTBAND-ADJUSTER FOB GARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led June 9, 1908.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Serial No. 437,584.

To all'w'iom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD HOLDGAT'E, a subject of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland, residing'at Buffalo, in the county of Erieand State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inVaistband-Adjusters for Garments, of whichy the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to an improvement in waist adjusters for garments,being directed particularly to a means whereby the waistband-of agarment may be quickly and conveniently adjusted about the person of thewearer in a manner to avoid the bunching of the material incident to theordinary method of adjustment.

Asis well understood the usual adjustment of the waistband of a garmentto snugly fit the waist of the wearer results in a bunching or gatheringof the material at some point in the waistband with the effect, inovergarments, to present an unsightly appearance, and in undergarments,to interfere with the proper set of the overgarments and at the sametime present an uncomfortable proj ection.

It is the main object of the present invention to provide a means ofadjustment for the waistband which will entirely avoid any obstructivegathering of the material at any point, the construction insuring asmooth even appearance and practically equal thickness o the waistbandthroughout the waist of the latter when adjusted.

The invention will be described in the following specification,reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in whichtFigure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a garment illustrating theapplication of my invention to the waistband thereof. Fig. 2 is a toedge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view simi ar to Fig. 2, illustratingthe movements of the parts 1n the adjustment of the waistband.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 1 represents agarment having a waistband 2, these parts being intended to representany desired form of garment to which a waistband may be attached.

In carrying out the present improvement I sucure either to the outersurface or between the folds or plies of the waistband a strip 3, whichis of substantial length and of comparatively flexible material. Inconnection with this detail I prefer that the strip 3 be of metallicconstruction, though it is obvious that the functions of the inventionwould be mainly subserved by making the strip of whalebonc, Celluloid orany similar material. The ends of the strip are formed with openings 4and 5 respectively, and the registering portions of the waistband areformed with similar openings, eyelets being used if dcsircd to finishthe openings, as shown. '.l`o the outer surface of the waistband in eachdirection beyond the end of the strip 3 is secured an eye member', asshown, one of said members, as 6, being arranged adjacent one end of thestrip, while the other of said members, as T, is arranged adjacent theopposite end of the strip.

In connection with the plate and eye members I utilize drawstrings S and9, preferably in the form of tapes which are of sufficient length toencircle the waist of the wearer after the adjustment of the waistbandand permit a tying or other connection of the meeting ends. The tape 8is terminally connected to one of the eye members, as 6, and extendedtherefrom to and through the relatively remote opening 5 in the strip 3of the waistband, the tape being preferably passed through the openingfrom the outer surface of the waistband, as shown in Fig. l. The tape 9is terminally connected to the remaining eye member, as 7, then passedlengthwise the waistband, preferably on the inner side of the latter,then to and through the first eye member 6, and then projectedlengthwise the outer side of the waistband to and through 'the opening4l, the terminal of the tape 9 thus depending on the inner side of thewaistband.

After placing the garment in position, the terminals of the tapes S and9 are drawn upon with the effect, as will be plain from Fig. 3, to drawthose portions of the waistband included between the ends of the strip 3and the adjacent eye members inwardly between the ends of the strip.,the respective eye members being caused to approach each other. Themovement described will be continued until the waistband is snuglyfitted about the waist of the wearer, in which position the material ofthe waistband included between the respective ends of the strip and theeye member will be smoothly arranged against the inner surface of thatportion of thefwaistband carrying the strip7 as shown. The continuedpull upon the tapes 8 and 9 alter the desired adjustment, Will cause thestrip 3 to bend longitudinally to Conform to the adjusted curvature ofthe waistband, thereby snuglyT and smoothly fitting the otherwise looseportions of the waistband in position. The terminals ot' the tapes arethen united, by tying or the like, and the adjustment is oomplete. Theouter surface of the waistband, when adjusted, presents smooth andpractically unbroken surface about which the belt or outer garment maybe accurately fitted, while at the same time uncomfortable or unsightlygathering of the waistband at the points of adjustment is avoided.

The invention is designed to be applied to garments oi' any type inwhich adjustment of the waistband is desirable, though it isparticularly advantageous in connection With skirts.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed as new, is:-

'lhe combination with a garment Waistband, ol a comparatively rigidstrip formed with end openings and secured to the Waist band, an eyemember secured to the Waist= band beyond each end ol' the strip, a tapesecured to one eye member and passed through the relatively remoteopening in the strip, a second tape passed through the remaining eyemember, to and through the first mentioned eye member and to and throughthe relatively remote opening in the strip.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

EDWARD HOLDGATE.

llvitnesses:

CARRIE R. DIETZER, ARTHUR P. WEsP.

